Music

'Music offers a rich and engaging context for learning and development'

(Denham and Chalk 2017:222)

Wominjeka Song

This learning experience provides the children with the opportunity to learn about the perspective of Aboriginal people to county and water through the joy of singing together. Children would listen to the book Welcome to Country by Lisa Kennedy and then sing the Wominjeka song all together around the river that they cooperatively create.

Wominjeka Song Learning Plan

Wominjeka Song Reflection

Materials/Tools

Blue fabrics representing water (preferably add chiffon fabric which demonstrates the flow of water)
Stones
Wooden pieces and logs
Gumtree leaves

These natural and accessible materials are provided for the children to visualise a river where the Aboriginal people stand alongside each other and welcome people. Utilising props in learning experiences would visualise children learning and increase their engagement.

Resources

Story Box Library | Welcome To Country
A poster of Wominjeka
The book Welcome to Country by Lisa Kennedy
Wominjeka music sheet (click here)

I listen to the book Welcome To Country to engage myself more in this book which is read by Aunty Joy Murphy. This book helped me to build my knowledge about the country from the Aboriginal perspective and develop the idea of creating a river to sing the song around it. I also, made the Wominjeka poster to support other educators using the correct pronunciation of this word as well as having a useful teaching aid to support children's literacy skills.